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APPARATUS FOR TRA'NSFERRNG GLASS RTICLES 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 31, 1924 :lil-(u):

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LEONARD D. sOUBiER, or TOLEDO, OHIQASSIGNOR'TO THE OWENS BOTTLE COMPANY,

- f @OE TOLEDO, korrIO,-A CORPORATION Oromo. l l

APPARATUS POR TRANSFERRING GLASS ARTicLEs.

a if, i y -k Application iiiedmarch 31, 41924;.4 serial No. 703,048.

ilventiOny rrelatesr t0 appratus .dei

signed for receiving bottles, jarsr orotherv .glass articles as they are discharged from a' forming machine and carrying themy away sfromthe machine. vThe apparatusmay .bel

f used to transfer thearticles to a conveyorby which'they are carriedtok an annealing leer; kIn the particular form of the invention herein illustrated, the apparatus is designed for y 1u receiving and transferring a plurality of such articles at a timefwhich articles are deliveredfrom the 'forming machine in mul-v V'tiples or groups. Such articles when theyL are discharged `from the molds of .aform- 15 ing machine are soft andplastic and must L be handled with care ,toy prevent them. from being, marred.,` or distorted. Also, the

f articles are permitted tofcomecinrontact.

- kwith each votherfwhile` in such hot, soft con- 20 dition, there is a tendency for them tostick An object oftheipresent invention is to provide 'practical apparatus. yfor receiving the bottles or other articles as discharged; from the molds, keepingthem separated and handling them'y in a manner to prevent' mar- Lring or distortion until they have cooled lOther'olojects of the'invention` will ap@ In ythe o'ccompanyingy drawings:

AFigure lis a plan Viewoffan apparatus constructed'in accordance with-my inven- Ition. v

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation at the plane kof the lineIl-Ilon Figure 1.

"Figure 3 is a sectional elevation, thesec-k j tion being taken at thelin'e- IIL-III on y, Figure 1, and also lshows portion of vthe t bottle blowing machine f Figure 4 .isa part sectional `elevation otra niodilied construction.

Figure 5 is a front' elevation of the ap-y paratus; shown in Figure 4. v y Figurey 6 `is a sectiOnalelevation at the line Vl-VIy on Figure 5'.

Figure `7 is, a Viewl si 6 bottles 10 or otherglass articles from the f 35'iunning oil/the cani track.

y milar. to 'Figure 6,:

. but withftliepartsmoved .to aldilierentpo i f oi'dinarilyf` discharged from the machine 11 molds ofthe forming machinell to; the conf veyory 12,- comprises atableor carriage"` 18 'i side of the table k13isl driven by a pinion 22y having a driving connection through bevel l gears 23 and 24 with a horizontalshaft 25y whichxhas a driving connection through ybevel gears 26, 27"and yakpinion 287 with a 70 kgear 29 on4 the continuously rotating carriage of the machine 11. The latter asherein'shown is a `bottle `blowing machine of. the a 'Owens type having aplurality of headsor y` "units brought successively to bottle dis- 75 V'charging position. Each vunit `carries aj group lof molds from which a; plurality of' bottles or other blown articles are simultaneously discharged as theunit reaches the discharging position. j Y. 80 Mounted ony 'the kcarriage `13 are carriers 30 arranged in pairs andseach comprising a plurality of individual supports or holders 1` for theindividual articles 10." As herey shown, each carriercoinpri'ses three suoli iii- 8,5 dividual holders although the number might obviously be increased or decreased, depend- .ingfupon the number of articles being discharged from each-'unit of the blowing machine. The carriers 30 yhave pivotal con- 90 nections`32 with kthe carriage 13to permit said carriers to swing up and down. The swingingyor'tilting .movement of the carriersis controlled by a stationary camtrack 33 supported on arms 34carri`ed by the post 05 16. 4Each carrier 30 is'provided withy arol'l n Each of the supports or holders 31 is provided with side Walls 36 forming with' the supports individ,-

ualfpockets or ycompartments by which the 10U l bottles 1()kk are held out of contact with each other. spring bottom plate 37.

Associated witlieach holder 31 is ya The bottles 1'0 are '3 7which yields sufficient y toiprevent injury tothe bottle.

i kKV'Vith the particular.v form of bottlem'alf i110 chine ll herein shown, the mold carriage rotates continuously and causes a continuous rotation of the table 13 with its transfer carriers 30. Each pair of carriers as they are brought into receiving position beneath the machine ll receive the six bottles lO which may be simultaneously discharged from the machine. As the table 13 rotates, the carriers 30 with the bottles therein are brought around to a position over the conveyor `l2. rFlic cam track 33 has an inclined portion 38 (Fig. 2) so positioned that each carrier 30 is permitted to swing downward as indicated at the right hand side of Fig. 3, when the carrier reaches a position over the conveyor l2. rlhe bottles are thus pe- .mitted to slide downward off the carrier onto the conveyor. The latter traveling in the direction indicated by the arrow, carries the bottles to the annealing leer.

lt will be noted that the bottles are kept out of contact with each other during their transfer from the molds to the conveyor l2 and also that they are placed on said conveyor without contact-ing with each other. The bottles are thus permitted to cool and harden without coming in contact with each other, whereby they are prevented from sticking together. The apparatus is, moreover, designed to handle the bottles in a gentle manner that will prevent them from being. marred or distorted while they are still soft. l

Figures 4 to 7 inclusive illustrate a modifi.- cation in which the carriers are rotated about a horizontal axis to transfer the bottles. The

apparatus here shownis` mounted on standards 41, 42 and 43. The shaft 25 is driven from the gear 29 on the mold carriage, as above described in connection with Fig. 3, but in the present instance the shaft 25 carries a worm 45 which drives a worm gear. 46 on a shaft 47 mounted in the standards 42V and 43. The shaft 47 is thus rotated continuously. Keyed to the shaft 47 is a mutilated gear pinion 48 which drives a gear 49 on a shaft 44 mounted in the standards 4l and 42. Au intermittent step by` step movement is thus imparted to the shaft 44. Buring a portion of each complete rotation of the pinion 48, locking surfacesl and 52 on the pinion 48 and gear 49, respectively, are in engagement, holding the gear 49 locked.` The teeth 53 on the pinion 4S then enga-ge the teeth 54 onthe gear 49 and rotate the latter through an angle of 90 degrecs.

Keyed to the shaft 44 are two spiders 55 each carrying four radially disposed carriers Each carrier comprises a plurality of individual vholders or supports 57. These holders or pockets 57 are designed to receive the bottles 10 as they are dischargedv from the machine 11. After a carrier 56 receives a charge of bottles, as indicated in Fig. 4,

it is advanced step by step. The second step movement brings the carrier to a downwardly inclined position, which permits the bott es to be discharged by gravity. rthis discharge is controlled a-nd temporarily delayed by shields 58 and 58 which, as shown in Fig. 4, extend overthe mouth of the carrier.

The shields are mounted for oscillating movement on the shaft 44. This movement imparted to the shields by means of a crank 59 fixed to the shaft 47 and connected through a link Gl'to a rock arm (l2 connected to the shield 58. As shown in Fig. 5. the connection between the rock arm 62 and the shield 58 comprises a collar (i3 carryingthe arm (i2, said collar being keyed to a bearing` sleeve 64 on the shaft 44, to which sleeve is also keyed a coll-ar 65 formed on the shield 5S. The shield 58 may be connected to the shield 58 by means of the collars 6G and' 67 formed respectively onI the shields and clamped to a bearing sleeve 68 on the shaft. 44.

The operation of the mechanism shown in Figures 4 to 7 is as follows:y

`When a group of bottles is dropped from the moldsA of the blowing machine into the uppermost carrier 56, the parts are in the position shown in Figure 7 with bottles also held in the two carriers at the left hand side of the shaft 44. The shield 58 isv at this time in its lowered position, supporting the lowermost group of bottles. The gear 48 is rotating in a clockwise direction, as indicated by the arrow (Fig. 7 the gear 49 and carriers 5G being at this time locked in stationary position. The movement of the pinion 48 carries the shield 58 upward to the Fig. 6 position, thereby releasing the bottles in the lower left hand carrier 56 and permitting them to drop into a chute 7l, down which they slide by gravity to the conveyor l2. are preferably stepped, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the three bottles of a group a re rcleased one by one, allowing the bottles to slide. singly down the chute and onto the conveyor out of contact with each other.

lVhen the pinion 5l has reached the 6 position. the bottles in the lowerinost c: rier 56 have been released, as just d cribed, and the shield is in its uppermost position, in which it extends over the end of th(` next succeedingcarrier v56. llhe gear teeth are now ready to engage the teeth 54, so that the continued rotation of the gear 5l rotates the gear 49. The shield 58 is at the same time moved downward, thereby holding the bottles until the shield has been brought to its lowered position 7) when the carriers are again brought to rest andv thecycle of operations repeated.

As shown in Fig. l, two chutes 7l are provided with their lower ends convergent, so that the bottles from both sets of carriers The lower ends of the shieldsy Fifi lll() can bedelivered to acomparativelynarrow conveyor and still yheld outy of contact with y each other.

- riage, a plurality oflca'rrierjsy mounted on i article` carriers symmetrically Mo'diiications'may be resorted to withiny `thespirit and scope kof myy invention.

What I claim is:` 1. The combination of a carriage mounted ior rotation about a stationary axis, aplurality of carriers mounted onfsaid carriage and each comprising a plurality of individautomatic means for ysuccessively shifting I the carriers relative to the carriage to' an article discharging position, andl automatic means for depositingr articles in all the coni*- said receiving position. f f

,2. Apparatus for `tran'sierring articles .partments of a carrier while the carrier is at com risin i in -combination` a' carriagek mounted for, rotationl about a stationary axis, means to continuously rotate the carsaid carriage and arranged in upwardly and outwardly inclinedpositions to support the articles thereon, each of said carriers comprising plurality `of 'individual article holding compartments, automatic means to deposit articlesvin all `the compartments "of a carrier, when the latterv reaches a predetermined position, and a stat-ionaryfcam by which the carriers are held in said upwardly and outwardly .inclined positionskk during a.

portion of their travel with the carriage, saidfcam being shaped tofpermit keach carrer to swing down toa discharging-position at a predetermined point in its travel.

3. The` ycombination 'of a plurality of j about an axis of rotation,`each ol said car-y riers comprising a plurality of compart- .ments for .receiving articles! and holding'y ,them in spaced relation, said compartments being arranged about radially of said axis andk open at their outery kends for receiving i y y u Y A and State of Ohio, this 29th day ot March,

and discharging the articles,ineans to rotate the carriers and move themt'roin an upwardly and, outwardly inclined yarticle receiving `said articles.

` article arranged i rrier to be discharged one position lto a downwardly and outwardly inclined discharging position, ak shieldpoverlying the outer endsof said compartments, and vmeans for advancing the shield with said compartments as they approach the dischargingposition and then returning the shield to control the 4. The `combination of a plurality ofk kcarriers symmetrically arranged about an axis of rotation, each .of said carA 'riers comprising a plurality of :compartfk ments" for receiving articles and holding themin spaced relation, saidlcompartments being arranged about radially of said axis point of disehargeof i and open at their youter ends for receiving 4 anddischarging the articles, means to rotate the carriers and move thenifrom an upwardly and outwardly inclinedV article rea positionf'to perinit` ,the discharge of the articles i p n n 5.y The combinationgof a plurality of article,` carriers symmetrically arranged about an axis otrotation, each of said carriers kcomprising a plurality lof comparti.

v`ments for,receivinglarticles and holding them in spaced relation, said compartments being arranged abouty radially of said yaxis and open at their outer endsgfor receiving and discharging the articles, means to rotate the carriers and move them from an up- ,wardly and outwardly inclined article receiving position to a downwardlyand outwardly inclined discharging position, `a

yshield'extending over the outery ends of said compartments as they Lmove toward disy charging position, yand meansto oscillate said shield to and from a position to permit the discharge ot the articles, said shield formed to cause the articles from each carby one.

Signed at Toledo, in the county of Lucas 1924. i, v y c f LEONARD D. iSOUBlli-R, 

